An unusual corneal injury.

An unusual corneal lesion.

Case report A healthy 43-year-old woman attended the eye clinic with a history that 4 days previously, on waking, she noticed for the first time that the vision had become blurred in her right eye, and she could see haloes round lights. The right eye had always had worse vision than the left. There was no history of ocular trauma. As she had been adopted as a child the history of her family and...

Tandem bullet injury: an unusual variant of an unusual injury.

An Unusual Injury

The following case seems worth recording because of the unusual injury and the easy approach to the elbow joint through rather dangerous territory :? A young British officer, after a fall from a horse, had swelling of the right elbow and could not bend it fully. Stereoscopic x-rays showed that the base of the coronoid process of the ulna had been torn out and was in front of the joint. As the f...

An unusual finger injury.

A 39 year old female farmer with no medical history presented to the emergency department with a painless swelling over her right index finger. The problem started two weeks earlier after she had been bitten by a lamb. After the injury the finger appeared “bruised.” This bruising continued and a swelling gradually developed. She reported no pain, changes in sensation, or reduced range of moveme...

An unusual ankle injury

A 47-year-old woman was brought into the Emergency Department having twisted her left ankle while walking on flat ground earlier that day. There was no evidence of direct impact injury to either the left ankle or leg. Prior to this event, the patient had no medical problems, was not on any regular medication, and had no previous history of ligamentous laxity or ankle sprains. On examination, th...